Chamelon: The insider

Reporter: Journalist that places professionalism over personal ties, never engaging in major Criminal activity. If member of Quincunx it’s possible that the support of Augustinians represent a useful relationship. Their lodge was founded after the events of Operation Massacre.

Lodger: Criminal unenlightened deviant hiding a troubled past. They are called the “Cool blooded” by Police and Reporters.

Informant: Citizen or criminal supplying privileged information, risking becoming a snitch. The Benedictines tend to favor those who acted out of good intentions and intervene in Quincunx Emblema Scenarios; they are the only possible way out of a Royal hunt due to their public authority over Sorcerers and Chevaliers.

Scapegoat: Victim of a conspiracy. If they survive long enough they either turn into Pendragon or Terrorists depending on their morality. If the Darkness Research Buro supports them against a Lowlife Conspiracy or a Bourgeoisie Conspiracy they become Deadmen.

Deadmen: Survivor of a Conspiracy. Although they regain relative Freedom they will never be able stop being a target and interact with others without endangering them. They could only eventually join Sparks of Reason becoming indispensable with Scientific Knowledge or form a Resistance.

Resistance: Designation for a large group of Deadmen who join a single organization or form themselves a new one it becomes a Resistance. Several powerful Sparks of Reason organization already has kinship with their ideals so collaboration is possible. Under certain conditions they can become Powermad and join the Arch of Nemo.

Powermad: Associates of the Darkness Research Buro specializing in Transgression and Clinamen. It is the only party that tends to bypass the authority of the Pact of the Blue Rose. Some Powermad hold authority in Quincunx/Emblema institutions and are behind the main reasons leading to the Corruption within the Quincunx. They could be considered Cultists of Post-traumatic Growth and Resilience, sometimes becoming Mercenaries.

The only way to stop a Powermad is with Academic Authority or Law Enforcing, making Sparks of Reason, Police or conflict of interests the only way to prevent their attack. It is usual that they bypass Academic Authority with Conspiracy, Predictive Censorship and Obscurantism, often involving the Criminal Syndicate and bribing of Corrupted Functionaries. Nevertheless they are forced to follow the Agreement of the Gentleman among peers of Social Status and Power; this implies Maximum levels of Hypocrisy.

Mercenary: Leader of a Terrorist Organization.

Nautilus: Group of Powermad that control the Acceleration. They are affiliated to X-Palladium. They control operations in space from the colony of Jovian.

Acceleration: Process of deteriorating the social System from within. As it perpetuates inequity, this is main reason of the very hypocritical yet convenient truce between Cabeiri and Darkness Research Buro.

Psychopath: Person that don’t possess self-regulation, being impulsive, deviant and stubborn, most generally Deviants with maximum level of Corruption. If Pariahs they can become Lodgers. People in this pathological category have insight on the nature of Moral Citizens understanding their irreconcilable prime differences, acknowledging their own Inverted Morality and knowing what makes them unique.

Ascended: It is a High functioning Psychopath with a strong structured Ethos and self-regulation due to education. They lack Remorse and understand other via Maximum Alterity, but those who adhere to the Agreement of the Gentleman can be Professors, Powermad or Chevaliers, abstaining from Criminal Activity. Plenty of Insiders are ascended. Under extreme stress or the opposition of Ignorance they can be Chyropteran. The members of the Darkness Research Buro must fit in this category. Few Citizens can be born naturally Ascended and they have tended to have Argen or Aegis Emotinium. Maximum Rejoice or Second Breath could reactivate their Remorse and turn them into Scythians if they have Maximum levels of Morality, Pereniallism and Secularism although they will never feel Maximum Guilt or Fear of the Unknown.

Ascension: Process of controlling the instinctive or induced urges of the Body and correct Deviant Behavior. Consistent with High-functioning psychopathy, it derives in the inability to feel Guilt, shame or Fear, turning morality into an aesthetic feature of rational thinking.

Pendragon: The only way to identify a Pendragon is in situations under extreme danger, randomness and unpredictability when only the Pendragon, Soldiers and Dominators will remain calm. Those among the Benedictians with battle skills are usually of this category. Pendragon Citizens tend to become Ambassadors and Diplomats. If an Average Citizen proves to be a Pendragon, it opens the possibility to involvement in Protective Campaigns to secure the freedom of Citizens and those in need, usually educating Deviants and carrying diplomatic Relationships with Lowlives that respect their courage. Some join the Church of Kusanagi, read the Book of Pantokrator by themselves or join Sparks of Reason organizations. Their enormous survivalist Pride makes them stubborn but they are innate Defenders of the Innocent and Defenseless, carrying a sort of Noblesse Oblige Ethos perfect for The Army, Navy and Martial Arts becoming an Astur, or Ministry of Josephus Cadmillus and Sparks of Reason or Diplomatic positions alike, becoming a Druid. Those who pursue Education and Academic Research are suitable for Sparks of Reason Organizations, with the tendency of Secularism.

Anamorphis: Similarity of character between the brave and the wicked, noticeable in dangerous and violent Situations.

Druid: Pendragon with a Sage Ethos that becomes a Scientist, Deacon or both. If Corrupted in War they become Fomory. They easily master the Offices of Mystery.

Astur: Pendragon with Sage Ethos and a position in the Armies or Government. If Corrupted in War they become Fomory.

X-Palladium: Predictive censorship consortium. This wing of the Burundian Court orchestrated the Leo Taxil’s Hoax. It is ruled by the Darkness Research Buro. The members of this organization are Absolute masters of Paradox and Reductio with Totally inverted Morality and Maximum Hypocrisy. Chyropteran characters with Double-Life. Their Targets are designated Nemedians.

Ixion: Social engineering consortium. This wing of the Burundian Court orchestrated the sexual revolution, imposing Psychoanalysis and Superstition along with X-Palladium. They are absolute masters of Dominion and Reductio with Totally inverted Morality and Maximum Hypocrisy. Chyropteran characters with Double-Life.